Photographic cabinet



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F. A. GARRISON. PHOTOGRAPHIG GABINET.

No. 384,754. Patented June 19, 1888.

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F. A. GARRISON.

PHOTOGRAPHIG CABINET.

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- NITED STATES FATDNT OFFICE.

FRED A. GARRISON, or roar DODGE, IOWA.

PHOTOGRAPHIC CABINET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 384,754, dated June 19,1888.

Application filed February 0, 1888. Serial No. 263.487. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRED A. GARRISON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Fort Dodge, in the county of Webster and State of Iowa, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Photographic Cabinets, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to a photograph-exhibiting cabinet; and it has forits object to provide a cabinet suitable to stand in a parlor or studiowhich will accommodate a great number of pictures in a compact form, anyone of which pictures may be viewed at any time by manipulating meanswhich are provided for the purpose, and which will be hereinafter fullydescribed.

It is the common practice to arrange the photographs in an album or on atable or in a case, (loosely,) in either of which positions they areliable to accumulate dust, to be handled'by visitors, and also to beremoved. It

is very often necessary in a photographic studio to have a personemployed to exhibit the pictures and keep them in order, and it is toobviate all these objections that I provide the herein-describedcabinet.

With these objects in view the invention consists, essentially, in acase having an endless belt mounted therein and carrying hold ers, whichhold the photographs in such a position that two are visible at alltimes; furthermore, in a belt passing around rollers mounted in a caseand having holders attach ed thereto, the relation between the upperroller and the intervals between the said holders being such as to causetwo of the holders to -be.

in a horizontal position at the same time; furthermore, in a certaincombination of devices whereby the rollers are turned to opcr ate thebelt, and, furthermore, in a certain peculiar construction of theholders whereby the photographs may be removed and replaced at will.

In the accompanying drawings, wherein my improved photograph exhibitingcabinet is illustrated, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the cabinet,showing it in its closed position, with the photographs arranged thereinand the cover closed and locked. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal verticalcentral sectional view of the cabinet. Fig. 3 is a transverse verticalcentral sectional view of the same, designed to show the arrangement ofthe operating means for the endless belt. Fig. 4 is a detail perspectiveview of one of theholders whioh are carried by the endless belt.

' Referring by letter to the drawings, A designates the case, having thehinged cover B, rectangular in form and provided with glass sides andtop. This cover is provided with a lock of any suitable or preferredform to 1 enable it to be secured in its closed position. A roller, 0,is mounted at its ends in bearings in the front and rearsides ofthe caseat the top,and the roller D (which is preferably much larger front andrear sides of the case near the bottom. These rollers are parallel witheach ters with the aligned annular grooves c and d, respectively, inwhich grooves operates the endless belt E. The sides of this belt arevcrtical and pass up through the center of the case. The front end ofthe roller D is provided with a pulley, F, and a horizontal shaft, G, ismounted in the front side of the case near its top and provided withinthe case with a pulley, H, aligned with the pulley F. An endless belt,K, passes around the pulleys F and H, and is prevented from slippingidly thereon by the teeth which are formedon the I, whereby the shaft,and consequently the belt K, the roller D, and the belt E, are operated.

L represents a holder, which consists of the N' and N, and the lateralarms 0 and O, which are connected rigidly to the arms Nand N at theiipoint of connection. The free end stitches, or otherwise to the belt E,and the end of the said arm is further provided (beclips 11. n, whichare respectively turned in opafter fully explained. The extremities ofthe arms N and O are similarly provided with which are also turned inopposite directions, as clearly shown in the drawings. It will be seenthat the three sets of hook-shaped clips at, a, and 0 all extend inwardtoward the center of the holder. L and are respectively arranged onthree sides of a square, so that if a photograph were arranged on theholder the other and are provided at or near their cenf periphery of thepulley H. The outer end of the shaft G is provided with a handle orcrank,;

standard M, having the inner and outer arms,'

6 5 than the roller 0) is mounted in bearingsin the of the inner arm, N,is provided with the apertured ears I? P, which are attached by rivets,

tween the said ears) with the hook-shaped posite directions, for apurpose to be hereinhookshaped clips 11, n and 0 0, respectively,

clips 12 and a would engage the side edges thereof, and the clip 0 wouldengage the upper edge, and thus hold the said photograph in place. Thearm 0 is preferably made somewhat shorter than the arm 0, and isprovided at its end with the guide-clips 0 0', which extend toward eachother.

Q represents an extension arm, which is mounted on the arm 0 and slidesin the guideclips 0 0. The inner end of the extensionarm is providedwith the guide-clips 0 0", similar to the clips 0 0, which embrace andslide on the arm 0. The outer end of the extensionarm is provided withthe hook-shapcd clips q g, which are similar to the clips at, n, and 0,and are adapted to engage the lower edge of the photograph which isarranged on the holder. This extension arm, as will be seen, may bedrawn out to enable the edges of the photograph to be engaged under theclips n and n, and then it is forced inward until one of the-clips qengages the free edge of the photograph. As before mentioned, the clipsare arranged in pairs, which are turned, respectively, in oppositedirections, andtherefore one of each pair of clips is arranged on eachside of the holder. Consequently two photographs may be arranged on theholder (one upon each side,) with their backs toward each other andtheir faces exposed. These holders are attached, as described, to theendless belt E at regular intervals, the said in tervals beingpreferably about equal to the semicircumference of the upper roller, 0.Therefore the two holders which are at the top of the case will lie in afiat or horizontal position and two photographs will be visible. If forthe sake of economizing space the distance. between the holders isreduced, the size of the roller 0 must be also reduced to correspondtherewith, as it is desirable that two photographs should be visible atall times.

From the arrangement of parts herein described it will be seen that twodifferent pictures will be shown at each half-revolution of the roller0. The rollerD is preferably larger than the roller 0 and larger thanthe roller H, in order to secure sufficient power on the endless belt Eto enable it to be easily turned.

I am aware that it is not broadly new to provide cabinets for containingpictures in which the pictures are arranged at intervals on an endlessbelt; but the peculiar arrangement and construction of the parts hereindescribed are specifically set forth in the following claims.

The grooves c and d in the rollers O and D are octagonal in form orprovided with ribs, as seen in the drawings, to enable the belt toengage firmly therewith, so that there will be no slipping when thedevice is operated.

Changes in form, proportion, and details of construction may beresorted-to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing theadvantages of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. In a photograph-exhibiting cabinet, the roller 0, mounted in asuitable case near its top, the roller D, mounted therein near thebottom. and having a pulley, F, the shaft G, mounted in the case andprovided with a handle or crank, I, on its outer end and a pulley, H, onits inner end, the belt K, mounted on the pulleys F and H, and the beltE, mounted on the rollers O and D and having the holders for thephotographs attached thereto, substantially as and for the purposespecified.

2. In a photograph-exhibiting cabinet, the combination, with the endlessbelt E, of the holders comprising the standard M, attached at its innerend to the belt and having clips on its outer end, and the lateral armson the said standard having clips on their ends, all constructed andarranged substantially as specified.

3. In a photograph-exhibitor, the combination, with the belt E, of theholders attached at intervals thereto and comprising the rigid arms N,N, and 0, having clips on their ends, and the arm 0, having an extensionprovided with clips, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

4. In a photograph-exhibitor, the combination, with an endless belt, ofthe holders comprising the arm N, having apertured ears P l on its freeend adapted to be secured to the belt, and the hook-shaped clips betweenthe ears, the arms N and 0, having hook-shaped clips on their outerends, and the arm 0, provided with an extension having clips on its end,substantially as specified.

5. In a photograph-exhibitor, the combination, with the endless belt, ofthe holder L, attached thereto and having the arms N, N, and 0, providedwith hookshaped clips at their ends, the arm 0, having guide-clips 0' onits end, and the extension-arm Q. operating in the said guide-clips andhaving the clips g on its outer end similar to the clips on the arms N,N, and O, and the guide-clips 0 0" on its inner end embracing the arm 0,substantially as specified.

6. As a new article of manufacture, the holder comprising the arms N N,having clips n a on their ends, the lateral arm 0, having the clips 0 onits outer end, the arm 0, and the extension-arm Q, mounted on the arm 0and having clips (1 on its outer end, the said extension-arm beingadapted to be extended to engage a card or photograph in the said clipson the ends of the arms, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRED A. GARRISON.

Witnesses:

Z. W. THOMAS, O. W. GARRISON.

